On the Specificity of Virtual Journalistic Discourse in the Aspect of Linguoecology: a Study of Russian Longreads

The article provides a definition of longread as a special genre of virtual journalism and presents an analysis of longreads within the framework of the “language - discourse” model. Special attention is paid to cohesion and coherence, which absence constitutes a linguoecological threat to virtual journalistic discourse. The role of interdiscourse in terms of its linguoecological friendliness in the discursive space of longreads is considered.